Bloom festival will be held in the spacious Phoenix Park from Thursday, the 28th of May to Monday, June 1st.
Trad group ‘Filidh’, Caty Cleary , Ellen O’Brien and Neil Dignam on the Shared Roots, Common Shade Garden, sponsored by the European Commission.(Image: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography)
Ireland’s largest gardening show, Bord Bia Bloom Festival, is returning for its 20th anniversary.
It will be held in the spacious Phoenix Park in Dublin, from Thursday, the 28th of May to Monday, June 1st. Over 100,000 attendees are expected to arrive in the next five days.
The festival will feature beautiful show gardens, delicious Irish food, brilliant talks and multiple hands-on workshops for all to learn new skills.
This year the European Commission will present its show garden called ‘Shared Roots, Common Shade’ garden this year.
The designers behind the garden are a married couple, Oliver and Liat Schurmann.
They have previously won numerous awards for their cutting-edge designs.
The couple was awarded a gold medal in the show garden category at the Bord Bia Bloom Festival in 2024 for their ‘In Perspective’ garden.
This will be their 14th Show Garden at Bord Bia Bloom festival.
Influencer Máire Ní Churraoin with Jennifer Leahy take a selfie in the EU Shared Roots, Common Shade by Oliver and Liam Schurmann garden at Bord Bia Bloom (Image: SAM BOAL/Collins Photos)
The mini forest created this year by the couple is a living metaphor.
It showcases 27 trees, reflecting the number of EU Member States around a pool of water.
The sculpture of the 27 trees was the creation from Oliver’s wife.
The trees the couple used came from a nursery in Cork.
It represents the European Union’s strength of working together to build a common future and reflects on sustainability and European cooperation.
Oliver spoke about the idea behind the design and said: “It’s about the simplicity of simple landscaping.
“You’re looking across the water, it brings back childhood memories, you know.
“When you feel smaller, and you go right down, it all looks so incredible.
“That’s a technique which we learned doing various other gardens to make a small space feel much, much bigger and make you feel small.”
An interactive wishing tree will also feature alongside the garden and invite visitors to reflect on the future of Ireland and the EU.
You will be able to write a message and leave your wishes in the garden.
Pupils from schools across Ireland have written notes and wishes on Irish wildflower seed cards.
Some of the letters left by students
One message reads, “My wish for Ireland’s future is for there to be peace and love for the country.”
The seed cards will later be planted once the garden is relocated and made accessible to the wider Irish public.
Oliver said: “We feel we owe something to the trees, and they need a permanent home, and it’ll be a nice memory for everyone to reflect on.”
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